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Restrictions
Conversion is not available on machines running Linux.
Conversion of a backup from the following locations is not available: CD, DVD, tape devices and
Acronis Online Backup Storage.
If you have set up copying or moving backups to other locations (p. 84), you cannot set up
conversion from any of these locations. Conversion is always performed from the first location of
a backup.
The following section provides information that helps you make the appropriate settings.
Convert to virtual machine
When to convert
Depending on the selected backup scheme, specify whether to convert every full, every
incremental or every differential backup or convert the last created backup on schedule.
Specify the conversion schedule (p. 92) if required.
Browse (p. 93)
Specify the machine that will perform the conversion. The machine has to have Acronis
Backup & Recovery 11 Agent for ESX(i), Agent for Hyper-V or Agent for Windows installed.
The conversion can be performed by the agent that performs the backup or by an agent
installed on another machine. If the latter is the case, the archive must be stored in a shared
location such as a network folder or a managed vault, so that the other machine can access
the archive.
VM type (p. 145)
Here you select the resulting virtual machine type and location. Available options depend on
the host you selected in the previous step.
Storage
Choose the storage on the virtualization server or the folder to place the virtual machine files
in.
Resultant VMs
Specify the name of the virtual machine. The default name is Backup_of_[Machine Name].
You can add more variables to the name. The following templates are supported:
[Plan Name]
[Machine Name]
[Virtual Host Name]
[Virtual Machine Name]
[Virtualization Server Type]
Folder on VMware vCenter
If the management server is integrated with vCenter Server, the resultant virtual machines
will appear in the Acronis Backups folder on the vCenter. You can specify a subfolder for the
machines resulting from execution of the plan.
4.6.1 Setting up a conversion schedule
A disk backup (p. 372) created while executing a backup plan can be converted to a virtual machine
immediately, on schedule, or combining both methods.
The conversion task will be created on the machine being backed up, and will use this machine's date
and time. If the agent that backs up the machine is installed outside it (such is the case when a ESX(i)
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